Content:
- non-equilibrium thermodynamics (entropy production, Onsager relations)
- non-equilibrium statistical mechanics (Liouville equation, fluctuation-dissipation theorem)
- stochastic processes (Markov processes, Master equation, Langevin and Fokker-Planck equation)
- rare events, reacton-rate theory
- projection methods, non-Markovian effects, generalized Langevin equation
- kinetic theory
- phase transitions (Landau theory, Gaussian fluctuations, correlation functions, renormalization theory)
- theory of liquids
- hydrodynamic and elasticity theory.
Suggested for students who have attended a course in Statistical Physics and Thermondynamics.